| 5,988,589 |
-33.96258 |
18.5016 |
South Africa |
|
In ongoing protest action at the Western Cape College of Nursing in Athlone, a government vehicle was set alight. |
| 5,988,593 |
-33.92528 |
18.42389 |
South Africa |
|
A group of mostly old men and women blocked the entrance to Parliament ahead of President Jacob Zuma's budget vote reply, demanding they be paid pension money they claimed they were still owed. Meanwhile, in the Cape Town CBD Communication Worker's Union members took to the streets. |
| 5,988,596 |
-26.40713 |
27.83354 |
South Africa |
|
Residents from Ennerdale and Fine Town in the south of Johannesburg took to the streets over service delivery and infighting about candidates being nominated for the local government elections. Roads were blocked with rocks, burning rubbish, tree branches and metal polls. |
| 5,988,600 |
-26.20227 |
28.04364 |
South Africa |
|
Protest action by Satawu members in continuing in Johannesburg. |
| 5,988,606 |
-25.67891 |
31.30536 |
South Africa |
|
Failure to pay workers at Mpumalanga's collapsed Lily Mine resulted in a massive protest involving local residents and more than 700 disgruntled miners in Louieville, Mpumalanga |
| 5,988,610 |
-23.1351 |
30.42184 |
South Africa |
|
Protest actioncontinued for the fourth consecutive day in the Vuwani. Roads were barricaded, while passing cars and riot police were pelted with stones. |
| 5,988,614 |
-33.99925 |
18.73469 |
South Africa |
|
On a train in Eerste River, a robber tried to escape a crowd after commiting a crime but was beaten with a rod by passengers on the train. |
| 5,988,618 |
-33.92528 |
18.42389 |
South Africa |
|
In a second day of protests outside parliament, a group of younger protesters joined elderly people and demanded access to parliamentary grounds. Police intervened and forcibly removed and arrested protesters who refused to move from the entrance. |
| 5,988,622 |
-26.20227 |
28.04364 |
South Africa |
|
A small group of about 50 striking South African Post Office (SAPO) workers belonging to the Communication Workers Union (CWU) gathered in Johannesburg to protest the lack of government support of the postal entity. |
| 5,988,625 |
-25.74486 |
28.18783 |
South Africa |
|
Nigerian nationals held a peaceful protest outside the the Nigerian High Commision in Pretoria. |
